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Any man will say that being a decent dad, especially with teen kids during puberty, is far from an easy task. But to be a decent stepfather in the same conditions, you see, is much more difficult. Some men succeed without any problems, some try very hard, but it doesn’t work, and some don’t even want to try…
Well, here’s a story told a few days ago by the user u/RealisticPirate5663 on the AITA Reddit community, that has rightfully racked up over 14.2K upvotes and around 2.8K different comments. The opinions of the commenters are divided here, so it’s time to read everything on your own and try to draw a conclusion, isn’t it?
The author of the post lives with his wife and her 3 children from previous relationships
Image credits: Dmitriy Zub (not the actual photo)
According to the man himself, he does his best to be a decent dad
Image credits: u/RealisticPirate5663
Several weeks ago the guy found out that his 16 Y.O. stepdaughter took his car at night and perhaps got into some accident while driving
Image credits: Wolrider YURTSEVEN (not the actual photo)
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Image credits: u/RealisticPirate5663
The man demanded the teen be grounded from social media and get a job to fund the repairs
Image credits: Nick (not the actual photo)
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Nice Beast Ludo Nice Beast Ludo Community Member Follow
This is crazy. What kind of mother thinks it's OK to do NOTHING while your 16 year old sneaks out and commits multiple major felonies? If she had been pulled over it would have been car theft and DUI at least. So stupid! You need to take Everything away from her for awhile! She is going to Blame and hate on the parents when she ruins her own life before turning 18 so this mother isn't doing herself or her daughter ANY favors now. Better her to be angry now and shape up then to think this is ok.
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TheBlueBitterfly TheBlueBitterfly Community Member Follow
A mother who wants to be seen as her delinquent teens "friend" and not the bad guy strict parent. I'm sure she will spend the rest of her life covering up for and bailing out her precious drunken princess, at least until someone dies or gets severely hurt and there's nobody else to shift the blame to.
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Chez2202 Chez2202 Community Member Follow
The entire side of the car is damaged and the mother wants her husband to pretend someone hit the car whilst it was parked? What if someone was hurt by her daughter’s drunk driving? Does she think her husband should take the blame for that too? CCTV is everywhere now. She is deluded and completely irresponsible.
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Princess Mar-li Cathryn Princess Mar-li Cathryn Community Member Follow
Exactly this! Waiting for the update when the cops show up to tell mommy that her precious princess killed someone that night and she begs hubby to take the blame so it doesn't ruin her angel's life.
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Hokuloa Hokuloa Community Member Follow
Wow, the dysfunction in all parties (save perhaps the son) is astounding. That should definitely put any marriage on the ropes. It would be really hard to not justify involving the police. I mean what or who did she actually hit?
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Honestly this is the bit that gets me. How did they not sit down *together* and ask the daughter what happened. If the mother wanted the step-dad to just be quiet and let her take the lead in the discussion that would be fine. But he should be part of the discussion. Otherwise she's teaching the kids that step-dad has no power (authority/responsibility/however you want to phrase it) over them. The results of that discussion would affect the next step. If she was honest about it (she already isn't since she didn't confess) and it turned out to be something like a post or a tree then I wouldn't worry about police. But if it was another vehicle then yeah I'd be worried about cops showing up. Regardless of the damage though there needs to be repercussions for the unauthorised car use and more importantly the (possible) drunk driving.
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Nice Beast Ludo Nice Beast Ludo Community Member Follow
This is crazy. What kind of mother thinks it's OK to do NOTHING while your 16 year old sneaks out and commits multiple major felonies? If she had been pulled over it would have been car theft and DUI at least. So stupid! You need to take Everything away from her for awhile! She is going to Blame and hate on the parents when she ruins her own life before turning 18 so this mother isn't doing herself or her daughter ANY favors now. Better her to be angry now and shape up then to think this is ok.
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TheBlueBitterfly TheBlueBitterfly Community Member Follow
A mother who wants to be seen as her delinquent teens "friend" and not the bad guy strict parent. I'm sure she will spend the rest of her life covering up for and bailing out her precious drunken princess, at least until someone dies or gets severely hurt and there's nobody else to shift the blame to.
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Chez2202 Chez2202 Community Member Follow
The entire side of the car is damaged and the mother wants her husband to pretend someone hit the car whilst it was parked? What if someone was hurt by her daughter’s drunk driving? Does she think her husband should take the blame for that too? CCTV is everywhere now. She is deluded and completely irresponsible.
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Princess Mar-li Cathryn Princess Mar-li Cathryn Community Member Follow
Exactly this! Waiting for the update when the cops show up to tell mommy that her precious princess killed someone that night and she begs hubby to take the blame so it doesn't ruin her angel's life.
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Hokuloa Hokuloa Community Member Follow
Wow, the dysfunction in all parties (save perhaps the son) is astounding. That should definitely put any marriage on the ropes. It would be really hard to not justify involving the police. I mean what or who did she actually hit?
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Ken Beattie Ken Beattie Community Member Follow
Honestly this is the bit that gets me. How did they not sit down *together* and ask the daughter what happened. If the mother wanted the step-dad to just be quiet and let her take the lead in the discussion that would be fine. But he should be part of the discussion. Otherwise she's teaching the kids that step-dad has no power (authority/responsibility/however you want to phrase it) over them. The results of that discussion would affect the next step. If she was honest about it (she already isn't since she didn't confess) and it turned out to be something like a post or a tree then I wouldn't worry about police. But if it was another vehicle then yeah I'd be worried about cops showing up. Regardless of the damage though there needs to be repercussions for the unauthorised car use and more importantly the (possible) drunk driving.
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